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Weather extremes
How extreme does Phnom Penh's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Phnom Penh has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Phnom Penh has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 26°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Phnom Penh (typical high near 91°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 31°F colder than a normal May night in Phnom Penh (typical low near 80°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Phnom Penh usually gets in the whole month of November (typical November total about 1.0 in).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Phnom Penh's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 117°F is about 26°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Phu Quoc, a weather station, about 182 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.